May Hanlon, former deputy director of direct marketing at the Democratic National Committee, has been appointed executive director of the Vermont Democratic Party. She succeeds Jim Dandeneau, who recently stepped down after serving over two years in the role.

Charlie Johnston, dam group manager at DuBois & King in Randolph, has been named 2025 Young Engineer of the Year by the Vermont Society of Professional Engineers. He accepted the honor at the Engineers Week Banquet in South Burlington in late March.

Johnston is experienced in providing planning, evaluation, permitting, design and construction of municipal, state and federally owned dams. His contributions include numerous dam rehabilitation and inspection projects across New England and the Northeast.

Neagley & Chase Construction Co., one of northern New England's leading commercial construction firms, has promoted Project Engineer Phil Eseppi to assistant project manager.

With more than a decade of varied field and project engineering experience, Eseppi has developed subcontractor, estimating, schedule and material management skills. He is a graduate of Vermont State University.